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Liberty Global and Virgin Media Bring Gigabit Speeds to Glasgow, Leeds and Bradford
More than 12 million homes across Liberty Global’s footprint now gigabit ready London, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Liberty Global plc (NASDAQ: LBTYA,
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nMore than 12 million homes across Liberty Global’s footprint now gigabit ready\n\n London, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nLiberty Global plc (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK), one of the world’s leading converged video, broadband and communications companies, today announces the launch of gigabit broadband services from Virgin Media to almost 1 million homes in Glasgow, Leeds and Bradford.\n\n\nFollowing the addition of the cities and their surrounding areas to Liberty Global’s gigabit capable footprint, a total of more than 12 million homes across Europe are now gigabit ready. This rises to 13.2 million homes with the inclusion of the gigabit footprint of VodafoneZiggo, its Joint Venture in the Netherlands. With a gigabit connection, ultra-high definition 4K films and TV programmes, very large files and videos can be downloaded almost instantaneously, even with multiple devices using a connection at the same time.\n\n\nVirgin Media’s gigabit network now covers one in four Virgin Media premises. Thanks to continued investment, Virgin Media now boasts the largest gigabit network in the UK, surpassing all other networks. The speed increases in Glasgow, Leeds and Bradford are part of Virgin Media’s plan to bring gigabit speeds to more than 15 million homes across its entire network by the end of 2021, significantly ahead of the UK government’s target of delivering gigabit-capable broadband nationwide by 2025.\n\n\nThe cities are the latest in a growing list of that can now experience speeds 17 times faster than the UK average. Virgin Media has already connected cities including Southampton, Manchester, Birmingham, Coventry, Reading Liverpool and Edinburgh to its gigabit network, all delivered through Virgin Media’s newest and most powerful router, the Hub 4.\n\n\nLiberty Global is set to launch gigabit speed services in even more cities in the coming months as it continues to boost superfast internet access across Europe. Elsewhere amongst Liberty Global’s operating companies, Telenet and UPC Switzerland connected customers throughout their entire networks last year, while UPC Poland has so far connected more than 60 cities to its gigabit service.\n\n\nMike Fries, CEO, Liberty Global, comments: “Within the past 10 years we have gone from offering speeds of 100Mbps to making gigabit ready connections available to more than 12 m...